Why do people flaunt their suicidal tendencies on social media?

@MartinTheFirst So the question then is not why are they "suicidal" but why they need negative attention, would you agree?

@Abrienda To relate and feel understood

@MartinTheFirst Understood but it seems to me one thing to write "Can you help me I am lonely or depressed please" and "I am going to KILL myself unless you talk me out of it" which is like emotional blackmail.

@Abrienda its the only thing that works at times

@MartinTheFirst Sorry but emotional blackmail is not a healthy construct for the blackmailer or blackmailee

@Abrienda better than killing yourself id say.

@MartinTheFirst You do understand the concept of blackmail? It never ends, so you must be willing to take responsibility for nursing the pathology of that person for as long as they wish - not you, they. That is hardly helpful to either party involved. But we cannot agree on this as I suppose they are not serious and I suppose you suppose they are.

@Abrienda It's not like someone is blackmailing you for money, hun. It does end, either with them getting better or killing themselves.

@MartinTheFirst EMOTIONAL blackmail is every bit as harmful as financial, hon. "Help me or I will kill myself?" I don't advise anyone I like to take that sort of burden on. Once you do, you dance to that person's pathology until they get tired of it - one year later? Ten years? I really cannot understand why you seem to think blackmail of any sort is ever a good lifestyle choice for anyone, and hope you do not.

@MartinTheFirst In any event I don't have a martyrdom complex, nor believe in suicide-intervention-via-social-media-chat-site. So we must agree to disagree.

@Abrienda Well personally ive seen it happen but alright.

@MartinTheFirst I am not sure you can "see" a suicide prevention via social media...I suggest unless you know those involved personally, the background story, whether it was a sincere threat and what happened later on, sorry but you simply don't know enough to make the claim you saw anything real. Its just what you "think" happened but to say you saw it "personally", as in an eyewitness...well like I said we must agree to disagree and leave it at that.

@Abrienda Yeah I know them personally. Stop it with your assumptions, it's quite annoying to be frank.

@MartinTheFirst You knw them personally on social media? You mean in person? My assumptions come from the fact your "story" makes no sense. What is also annoying s your faux-masculine desire to have the last word. I have tried to end this chat amicably by telling you twice as politely as I can I don't believe you but if that is what you want to believe then fine, but you are too insecure to accept that.

Now since you need it so badly I am not going to answer your reply so your bruised and swollen ego (and your obvious boyish immaturity)will feel better. Now send your answer and if this has been too hard on you emotionally ask your mommy for a cuddle or find some nice safe space you can run too where you can have milk and cookies and cradle a cat. There, there...better little boy?